Football’s Square Mile MAP

The Football’s Square Mile Alliance is delighted to present the 21 sites making up Football’s Square Mile, which is the world’s biggest open-air football museum.

An 18.73 mile long perimeter surrounds 21 incredibly important football sites; and is ‘The Spirtual Home of World Football’.

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Our 21 Sites Explained

  • Birthplace of Alexander Watson Hutton ‘Founder of Argentinian Football’ – 29 Eglinton Street
  • Birthplace of the SFA at Dewar’s Hotel – 9 Bridge Street
  • Birthplace of Third Lanark FC – East Howard Street
  • Drygate – Birthplace of Tennent’s – Glasgow’s oldest commercial business in Glasgow, brewing here since 1556
  • Glasgow Necropolis – SFA’s Trailblazing Secretary, William Dick is buried here
  • St Mary’s Church – Birthplace of Celtic FC
  • Flesher’s Haugh – The site of Rangers FC’s first game
  • Southern Necropolis – The final resting place of SFA’s 1st President, Archibald Campbell
  • Shawfield Stadium – Clyde FC’s Stadium and the heart of the The Rutherglen Ladies Legacy
  • Old Cathkin Park – Site of Third Lanark’s first home
  • 3 Eglinton Terrace – Birthplace of Queen’s Park FC – the world’s most important football club
  • QPFC Beginnings – where the Queen’s Park men first trained together
  • The Forgotten Hampden (1883/4) – Clydesdale Cricket Club
  • The Rose Reilly Pub – named after the only Scot to win the World Cup
  • Queen’s Park Recreation Ground – Queen’s Park played here from 1867 to 1872 and where they take their name
  • 1st Hampden Park (1873 – 1883) – World’s first purposefully built international football ground and Home of the Scotch Professors
  • 2nd Hampden Park (1884 – 1903) – Where Renton became World Champions in 1888
  • Hampden Terrace – The Terrace named after John Hampden; an English Nobleman where Hampden Park takes its name
  • 3rd Hampden Park (1903+) – World’s Biggest Football Ground when built in 1903 and had a capacity of 183,724 by 1937
  • The City Stadium – Current Home of Queen’s Park FC
  • Cathcart Cemetery – Final resting place of the Scotch Professors, including Celtic and Rangers first managers

the Spiritual Home of World Football

The term ‘Spiritual Home of World Football’ was inspired by Chuck Carlson of Chicago after attending the social evening within FootyCon 2023, who after listening to the story of Football’s Square Mile sent out this tweet. As Chuck put it, “everyone needs their temple”, and FSM is the place where everyone has to make their own pilgrimage.

We cannot thank Chuck enough for this and will forever be in his debt.
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